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The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

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Science sleuths Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries.

Science sleuths Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.

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The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry: Series 11

The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry: Series 11: The Alien Enterprise Part 1

03/09/2018

The Alien Enterprise Part 1

Series 11

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How do we look for alien life, and what are we expecting to find?

How do we look for alien life, and what are we expecting to find? The first part of two episodes in which Rutherford and Fry hunt for ET.

Mike Holcombe from Largs in Scotland asks, "How do we look for alien life and what are we expecting to find?"

In the first of two episodes on the search for ET, Hannah and Adam look for life inside the Solar System. How do we define life and why we obsessed with finding it on Mars? Or should we be looking for space squid on Europa instead?

Features interviews with planetary scientist Monica Grady from the Open University, senior astronomer Seth Shostak from SETI and zoologist Matthew Cobb from the University of Manchester.

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Presenters: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
Producer: Michelle Martin.

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Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate science mysteries sent by listeners.

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